An official website of the State of Louisiana.
Official Louisiana State Websites use .la.gov A .la.gov website belongs to an official
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS A lock () or https:// means you've safely
In honor of National Women’s Health Week, which is being celebrated May 14 -20, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals—Office of Public Health and its partners are sponsoring a women’s health festival to call attention to the importance of women’s health and prevention measures.
In honor of National Women’s Health Week, which is being celebrated May 14 -20, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals—Office of Public Health and N’R Peace are sponsoring a health walk to call attention to the importance of women’s health and prevention measures.
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused extensive damage and limited accessibility to the majority of beaches throughout coastal Louisiana, including many of the 13 locations in the Louisiana Beach Monitoring Program. As a result, this year the program will test the water quality at only three beaches -- Grand Isle Beach, Grand Isle State Park and Cypremort Point State Park.
Working in conjunction with staff from the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board, state health officials have removed a “boil water” advisory for one of the last areas of New Orleans that had remained under such as declaration. Boil advisories were issued following Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent of loss of water pressure throughout New Orleans.
Hurricane recovery plans for reestablishing critical health care services after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have been developed for Cameron, Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes.
Dr. Raoult Ratard, state epidemiologist, will discuss the recent meningitis outbreak in Lafayette as well as what efforts are underway to prevent future outbreaks, at a public forum sponsored by the University of Louisiana System this Thursday, May 4.
Sometimes it’s good to be wrong.
The Louisiana Department of Insurance and the Department of Health and Hospitals have partnered to promote Cover the Uninsured Week, May 1-7, 2006, across Louisiana.
The federal Health Resources and Services Administration recently approved all of Orleans Parish as a new primary care, mental health and dental health professional shortage area.
Dr. Roxane Townsend, Medicaid Medical Director for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, will serve as one of several featured speakers at the upcoming eHealth Conference in Baton Rouge.
Flu season is coming to an end, and there have not been any widespread outbreaks of the flu in Louisiana. Nor have there been any confirmed cases of avian flu in humans in the United States. Finally, although there has been much attention, there has not been a flu epidemic, much less a flu pandemic.
Parish health units across the state of Louisiana will be joining in the observance of National Infant Immunization Week, an annual event to promote the benefits of immunizations and to focus on the importance of having children up-to-date on their immunizations by age two. This year’s event will be held from Saturday, April 22 through Saturday, April 29, 2006.